"Hitchcock Papers is housed at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. The David O. Selznick and the Ernest Lehman collections housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas, contain material related to Hitchcock's work on the production of ""The Paradine Case"", ""Rebecca"", ""Spellbound"", ""North by Northwest"" and ""Family Plot."" Seven films Six films Five films Four films Three films Two films Many of the British actors additionally appeared in some of the two dozen or so films Hitchcock worked on in other capacities, such as co-writer, title designer, art director and assistant director. Biographies ""(chronological)"" Miscellaneous Alfred Hitchcock"
"Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, ""North by Northwest"", to"
"life and imagination, it's undeniably lively and provocative."" Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock"
"titles inform the viewer that Hitchcock and Hedren never worked together again, and ""The Birds"" and ""Marnie"" are considered his last classic films. ""The Girl"" is based on Donald Spoto's 2009 book, ""Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies"", which examines the relationships between Alfred Hitchcock and the female stars of his films. Spoto wrote that Hitchcock attempted to turn Tippi Hedren (star of ""The Birds"" and ""Marnie"") into his perfect woman, choosing the clothes and lipstick he thought she should wear. Hedren told Spoto that Hitchcock fantasised about running off with her. Details of a film examining"
"1980, Hitchcock received a knighthood. Alfred Hitchcock filmography Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English filmmaker and director. Popularly known as the ""Master of Suspense"" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers, Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title designer and art director for a number of silent films during the early 1920s, most of which are now lost. His directorial debut was the 1925 release ""The Pleasure Garden"". Hitchcock followed this with """", his first commercial and critical success. It featured many of the thematic elements his films would be known for such"
"Alfred Hitchcock filmography Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English filmmaker and director. Popularly known as the ""Master of Suspense"" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers, Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title designer and art director for a number of silent films during the early 1920s, most of which are now lost. His directorial debut was the 1925 release ""The Pleasure Garden"". Hitchcock followed this with """", his first commercial and critical success. It featured many of the thematic elements his films would be known for such as an innocent man on"
"Family Plot Family Plot is a 1976 American Technicolor comedy thriller film that was the final film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film was based on Victor Canning's novel ""The Rainbird Pattern"", which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. The story involves two couples: one a ""fake"" psychic and her cab driving boyfriend, the other a pair of professional thieves and kidnappers. Their lives come into conflict because of a"
"and became a big hit for her. They play a couple whose son is kidnapped to prevent them from interfering with an assassination. As in the 1934 film, the climax takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, London. ""The Wrong Man"" (1957), Hitchcock's final film for Warner Bros., is a low-key black-and-white production based on a real-life case of mistaken identity reported in ""Life"" magazine in 1953. This was the only film of Hitchcock to star Henry Fonda, playing a Stork Club musician mistaken for a liquor store thief, who is arrested and tried for robbery while his wife (Vera"
"Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as ""the Master of Suspense"", he directed over 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades, becoming as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing of the television anthology ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1955–1965). Born in Leytonstone, Essex, Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1919 as a"
"Frenzy Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the novel ""Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square"" by Arthur La Bern. The film stars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins and Vivien Merchant. The original music score was composed by Ron Goodwin. The plot centres on a serial killer in contemporary London and the ex-RAF serviceman he implicates. In a very early scene there is dialogue that mentions two"
"Alfred Hitchcock's unrealized projects The following is a partial list of unproduced Alfred Hitchcock projects, in roughly chronological order. During a career that spanned more than half a century, Alfred Hitchcock directed over fifty films, and worked on a number of others which never made it beyond the pre-production stage. This was to be Hitchcock's directorial debut, after working in the art department on twelve films previously, but budgetary problems canceled the production after only a few scenes were shot. Studio records indicate that its title was to be ""Mrs. Peabody"". British thriller writer Dennis Wheatley had been a guest"
"in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, ""Family Plot"". Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film; the director's failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that ""The Short Night"" never went into production. Lauter appeared in many films, including half a dozen in 1972 alone. Among his most prominent film roles were ""The Longest Yard"" (a.k.a. ""The Mean Machine"") (1974), ""King Kong"" (1976), ""Magic"" (1978), ""Death Hunt"" (1981), ""Timerider"" (1982) ""Death Wish 3"" (1985), ""My Blue Heaven"" (1990), ""The Rocketeer"" (1991), ""Seraphim Falls"" (2006),"
"Motion Picture Production Code. Many times Hitchcock slipped in subtle hints of improprieties forbidden by censorship until the mid-1960s. Yet McGilligan wrote that Breen and others often realised that Hitchcock was inserting such things and were actually amused, as well as alarmed by Hitchcock's ""inescapable inferences"". ""Family Plot"" (1976) was Hitchcock's last film. It relates the escapades of ""Madam"" Blanche Tyler, played by Barbara Harris, a fraudulent spiritualist, and her taxi-driver lover Bruce Dern, making a living from her phony powers. While ""Family Plot"" was based on the Victor Canning novel ""The Rainbird Pattern"" (1972), the novel's tone is more"
"was in the title role of the film biography ""David Garrick"". Hicks formed his own production company in 1923. The same year, he made his director's début, alongside Alfred Hitchcock, in ""Always Tell Your Wife"" although no director was credited on film itself. He wrote the screenplay for this, as well as for several films in the early 1930s. Hicks directed two more films: ""Sleeping Partners"" in 1930 and ""Glamour"" in 1931. Later notable films included ""The Lambeth Walk"" in 1939 and ""Busman's Honeymoon"" in 1940. He made his last supporting role in ""Silent Dust"" shortly before his death in"
"""Mrs. Paradine"". ""The Paradine Case"" was the last film made under Hitchcock's seven-year contract with Selznick, and it has been suggested that Hitchcock was tired of the association by that time. In an interview with François Truffaut, Hitchcock said that he and his wife Alma Reville wrote the first draft of the script together, before bringing in Scottish playwright James Bridie to do a polishing – but Selznick was dissatisfied with the result, and would view the previous day's rushes, do a rewrite, and send the new scenes to the set to be shot. According to his biographer Donald Spoto"
"progression from shot to shot. A Hitchcock film is an organism, with the whole implied in every detail and every detail related to the whole."" By 1960 Hitchcock had directed four films often ranked among the greatest of all time: ""Rear Window"" (1954), ""Vertigo"" (1958), ""North by Northwest"" (1959), and ""Psycho"" (1960). In 2012 ""Vertigo"" replaced Orson Welles's ""Citizen Kane"" (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made. By 2016 seven of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his personal favourite, ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943). He received the"
"test was sub par, but Laughton could not forget her eyes). After filming finished, Laughton brought her to Hollywood to play Esmeralda opposite his Quasimodo in 1939 version of ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", where she became an international star. In March 1939, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to begin his contract with David O. Selznick. Thus ""Jamaica Inn "" was his last British picture, as well as one of his most successful. Critics disparaged the film, largely because of the lack of atmosphere and tension which was present in the book, with its light-hearted, often camp banter, and portly landlord,"
"Do You Like Hitchcock? Do You Like Hitchcock? (orig. Ti piace Hitchcock?) is a 2005 made-for-TV giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film is a homage to the acclaimed thriller film director Alfred Hitchcock. In 1991 Giulio, a young boy bicycling in the woods, spots a woman darting between the trees. He follows her as she is joined by another woman and enters an old stone house. As he peers through the window, he witnesses the women wildly slaughtering a rooster. They spot the boy and chase after him, yelling ""You'll be sorry! I'll kill you! You'll never get"
"of Mr. A. J. Hitchcock"". His work there included ""Number 13"" (1922), also known as ""Mrs. Peabody"", cancelled because of financial problems—the few finished scenes are lost—and ""Always Tell Your Wife"" (1923), which he and Seymour Hicks finished together when Hicks was about to give up on it. Hicks wrote later about being helped by ""a fat youth who was in charge of the property room ... [n]one other than Alfred Hitchcock"". When Paramount pulled out of London in 1922, Hitchcock was hired as an assistant director by a new firm run in the same location by Michael Balcon, later"
"became ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"" in 1962, and NBC broadcast the final episode on 10 May 1965. In the 1980s, a new version of ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" was produced for television, making use of Hitchcock's original introductions in a colourised form. In 1955 Hitchcock became a United States citizen. The same year, his third Grace Kelly film, ""To Catch a Thief"", was released; it is set in the French Riviera, and pairs Kelly with Cary Grant. Grant plays retired thief John Robie, who becomes the prime suspect for a spate of robberies in the Riviera. A thrill-seeking American heiress played"
"by several of Elmore Leonard's other characters. According to the revised edition of ""Hitchcock"" by François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock was seriously considering adapting Leonard's novel Unknown Man: No. 89, to which he had acquired the rights, as his follow-up film to Family Plot (1976), his 53rd and final project. He abandoned that idea and considered some other novels, but in 1978 Hitchcock closed his offices and dismissed his staff. There never was a 54th film. In 1980 Hitchcock died. Unknown Man No. 89 Unknown Man #89 is a crime novel written by Elmore Leonard, published in 1977, just after his"
"Bicentennial ""Family Plot"" was chosen to open the 1976 Filmex (Los Angeles International Film Exposition) to honor American cinematography. Barbara Harris was nominated for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical at the 34th Golden Globe Awards. Family Plot Family Plot is a 1976 American Technicolor comedy thriller film that was the final film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film was based on Victor Canning's novel ""The Rainbird Pattern"", which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but"
"within a comfortable and intimate environment rather than an office. Alma, Lady Hitchcock, a breast cancer survivor, died at the age of 82, two years after her husband's death. She was cremated, and her ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. She was portrayed by actresses Imelda Staunton in ""The Girl"" (2012), and Helen Mirren in """"Hitchcock"""" (2012). Staunton was nominated for a BAFTA and a Primetime Emmy for her performance, while Mirren was nominated for BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG awards for her performance. Screenwriter ""The Constant Nymph"", 1928. ""The First Born"", 1928. ""After the Verdict"", 1929. A ""Romance of"
"the British Film Institute's ""75 Most Wanted"" lost films. Woman to Woman (1923 film) Woman to Woman is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts, with Alfred Hitchcock as the uncredited assistant director and co-screenwriter. The film was adapted from the 1921 play ""Woman to Woman"" by Michael Morton. To capitalise on the success of the film, Cutts and Hitchcock made another film, ""The White Shadow"", with Compson before she returned to the United States. Hitchcock met his future wife, Alma Reville, while working on this film. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the"
"the film, his last with Paramount. However, the pressures of the production, such as dealing with Geoffrey Shurlock of the Motion Picture Production Code, and Hitchcock's lecherous habits, such as when they confer with the female lead, Janet Leigh, annoy Alma. She begins a personal writing collaboration with Whitfield Cook on his screenplay at his beach house without Hitchcock's knowledge. Hitchcock eventually discovers what she has been doing and suspects her of having an affair. This concern affects Hitchcock's work on ""Psycho"". Hitchcock eventually confronts Alma and asks her if she is having an affair. Alma angrily denies it. Alma"
"Herrmann's score and replaced him with John Addison, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. ""Topaz"" (1967), based on a Leon Uris novel, is partly set in Cuba. Both films received mixed reviews. Hitchcock returned to Britain to make his penultimate film, ""Frenzy"" (1972), based on the novel ""Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square"" (1966). After two espionage films, the plot marked a return to the murder-thriller genre. Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a volatile barman with a history of explosive anger, becomes the prime suspect in the investigation into the ""Necktie Murders"", which are actually committed by his friend Bob Rusk (Barry Foster)."
"Her final film for Hitchcock was ""Under Capricorn"" (1949). After a decade in American films, she starred in Roberto Rossellini's ""Stromboli"" (1950), following the revelation that she was having an extramarital affair with the director. The affair and then marriage with Rossellini created a scandal in the U.S. that forced her to remain in Europe for several years, after which she made a successful return to working for a Hollywood studio in ""Anastasia"" (1956), for which she won her second Academy Award. Although she made many films for Hollywood studios in subsequent years, they were all made in Europe, and"
"director's surviving silent films. Like Hitchcock's other British films, all of which are copyrighted worldwide, ""Easy Virtue"" has been heavily bootleged on home video. As of October 2018, the restored version has only appeared on DVD and Blu-ray from Elephant Films in France. Easy Virtue (1928 film) Easy Virtue is a 1928 British silent romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall and Ian Hunter. The movie is loosely based on the 1924 play ""Easy Virtue"" by Noël Coward. It was made at the Islington Studios in London. The film's art direction is by Clifford Pember."
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut (also known as just Hitchcock: The Final Cut) is a 2001 action-adventure video game, in the detective-mystery genre. ""The Final Cut"" is a suspenseful adventure game that focuses on item collecting and puzzle solving as the main mechanic. However the game also bears some similarities to the survival horror actioner genre. The art design sees 3D characters be manipulated across a 2D environment. The game is interspersed with full motion videos (FMVs) to further the narrative. The controls are a combination of the keyboard and mouse. The developer"
"productions between 1990 and 1992, including ""Daughter of Darkness"" (1990) and ""The Naked Target"" (1992). He made his final appearance in ""In the Deep Woods"" (1992) with Rosanna Arquette. He had agreed to provide the voice for the role of the dentist, Dr. Wolfe, in ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Last Exit to Springfield"" but died before the part could be recorded. In the end, the character was voiced by ""Simpsons"" regular Hank Azaria. Perkins was portrayed by British actor James D'Arcy in the 2012 biographical drama ""Hitchcock"", which starred Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville. Perkins"
"Jamaica Inn (film) Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel ""Rebecca"" and short story ""The Birds""). It stars Charles Laughton and features Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the real Jamaica Inn still exists, and is a"
"reviews from 21 surveyed critics. Glenn Kenny, writing for RogerEbert.com in 2016, stated that the film may be the ""least fun"" of Hitchcock's Hollywood period, but that it ""is as fluently styled a movie as Hitchcock ever made."" Richard Brody of ""The New Yorker"" wrote that ""few films play so tightly on the contrast between unimpeachably concrete details and the vertiginous pretenses of reality. Hitchcock’s ultimate point evokes cosmic terror: innocence is merely a trick of paperwork, whereas guilt is the human condition."" The Wrong Man The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and"
"book ""The Fifty Worst Films of All Time"". Jamaica Inn (film) Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel ""Rebecca"" and short story ""The Birds""). It stars Charles Laughton and features Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the"